Jarno Väkiparta (born 13 March 1974 in

Pori Pori (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Satakunta. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Pori is approximately , while the Pori sub-region, sub-region has a population of a ...

) is a Finnish

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

player who currently plays for

Tillberga IK Bandy Tillberga IK Bandy, also called ''Tillberga Bandy Västerås'' or ''TB Västerås'', is a Swedish Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface ( ...

from

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. Jarno is a forward who has represented the Finnish national team. Jarno started his career in his homeland at

Narukerä Narukerä is a Finnish bandy team based in the town of Pori in the Satakunta, Satakunta region of Finland. The 1965 established team has won two Finnish bandy championships, in 1999 and 2023, but has got 13 medals in total, most recently bronze ...

before moving to

Ljusdals BK Ljusdals BK (LBK) is a Swedish bandy club currently playing in Elitserien (the top division in Swedish bandy). LBK was founded on 19 January 1943 and is playing at Gamla Idrottsparken ( IP) in Ljusdal, Hälsingland. In 1975, the club won the ...

of Sweden in 1998. He has also played for

IFK Motala IFK Motala is a sports club in Motala, Sweden, founded in 1932 and practicing bandy and soccer. IFK Motala's bandy team currently plays in Elitserien, and home games are played at the Motala Isstadion. The club won the men's Swedish Bandy Champion ...

, Västerås SK and Katrineholms SK before moving to Tillberga. His best achievement is the World Championship gold in

Bandy World Championship 2004 The 2004 Bandy World Championship was a competition among bandy playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden on 1–8 February 2004 for Group A and Group B was played at the City Park Ice Rink in Hungary on 25–28 February 2004. Fin ...

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Pori Finnish bandy players Expatriate bandy players in Sweden Ljusdals BK players IFK Motala players Västerås SK Bandy players Tillberga IK Bandy players Bandy World Championship–winning players {{finland-bandy-bio-stub